Is this the power of 165 kilometers. He swept the top spot of ML prospects, and now he's ranked 100th in ML's overall player rankings.
Jan 31, 2025
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MLB Network announces the rankings of all major league players regardless of their positions ahead of the season every year, and this year, it also announced the 81st to 100th players first. However, Sasaki was ranked 100th.
Sasaki, who was born in 2001, achieved a perfect game in 2022 at Chiba Lotte at the age of 20, the youngest perfect game in Japanese history and the record of 165km in Japanese history.
However, he couldn't pitch a certain ES in Japanese professional baseball. He pitched in 18 games last year, recording 10 wins and 5 losses with a 2.35 ERA and 129 strikeouts.
Sasaki, who was denied after asking the club to advance to the U.S. after the 2023 season, asked the club to advance to the U.S. again after last season, and eventually knocked on the U.S. door through posting with the club's permission.
He was classified as an international amateur when he was under the age of 25 and signed a contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers for $6.5 million (about 9.5 billion won).
Sasaki became a top prospect when she came to the U.S. MLB.COM, Baseball America, and ESPN ranked Sasaki as the No. 1 prospect this season.
And this time, he is ranked 100th among all major league players, showing how highly his chances are evaluated. Attention is focusing on whether Sasaki will be able to perform as expected.
Jacob deGrom (Texas), who won two Cy Young Awards but pitched 105 ⅓ innings due to injury in the last three years, ranked 99th, while New York Yankees first baseman Paul Goldschmidt fell from 36th to 96th last year, and St. Louis' Nolan Arenado fell from 33rd to 95th.
Jurickson Profar (Atlanta), who was with Kim Ha-sung, ranked 84th, third baseman Mark Vientos (New York Mets) ranked 81st, starting pitcher Bryce Miller (Seattle) ranked 87th, and outfielder Lawrence Butler (Oakland) ranked 90th.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
